| Getting yourself to your choice of CCNA testing | | | | Relax. Understand you have plenty of time if you |
| centers is the second step after visiting or and | | | | don't panic. Concentrate only on doing the best |
| registering for the exam. This information isn't | | | | job possible. In the time you are allocated for the |
| exclusive only to the ccna exam but to all. The | | | | test, nothing else matters. Just the test. You will |
| procedure is the same... | | | | have questions that are easy. You will have |
| You will be asked to show 2 forms of valid ID, | | | | questions that throw you. And you will have |
| one of which has to be a photo id. When you | | | | questions you absolutely for the life of you have |
| register for your exam you will read exactly what | | | | no idea how to answer. Relax. There is a pass |
| is accepted. Passport and driving licence is always | | | | and fail mark. |
| accepted | | | | If something goes wrong in the exam (the |
| You will be asked to sign the log book when you | | | | computer dies on you) inform the ccna testing |
| arrive and when you leave | | | | center immediately. Don't try to fix things. You |
| You have to sign the agreement that you will | | | | are there to pass the exam, not to prove your |
| follow the rules | | | | skills!! |
| You may be given a sheet of scrap paper and | | | | When you finish your exam, the screen will let |
| pen/pencil if it's needed for your exam. | | | | you know whether you passed or failed. Take |
| They will ask you to leave any personal items | | | | any scrap paper you had taken with your into the |
| with them. You can't for instance take your bag, | | | | exam and hand them over to the exam |
| phone etc into the exam room. | | | | coordinator. They will give you a printout of your |
| You will be shown into the exam room where | | | | results. MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS. Besides the |
| your test would have been preloaded ready for | | | | score, the printout shows you areas you were |
| you to start. | | | | strong in and weak in. In case you didn't pass, this |
| Some ccna testing centers will inform you that | | | | is valuable information of what you concentrate |
| the exam room may be audio or video taped. | | | | your studies on to take the test again. |
| Most of the ones I attended didn't, but 2 of them | | | | If you didn't pass the test, most governing bodies |
| did. So don't naively try to talk to someone else | | | | will not allow you to retake the test unless a |
| taking the exam. | | | | number of days have passed. You will need some |
| After the initial screens where you may be asked | | | | time to brush up on your weaknesses. Check |
| for some information about yourself or to read | | | | each vendors website to see when you can sit |
| some other stuff, you click when you are ready | | | | for the exam again. |
| to start your exam | | | | |